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"text": "It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody.",
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"ref": "2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, \"Story\" (Reize), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch",
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"(informal) Finished; having no future in a particular role; no longer capable, effective or needed."
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"sense": "having no future",
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"sense": "having no future",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "having no future",
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"sense": "having no future",
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